title: Fireworks cast a shadow on India's festival of lights.
abstract: This article describes a campaign for the safe use of fireworks and the prompt application of cold water to skin burned by them. Some success was achieved in the latter regard as a result of frequently repeated television announcements.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Biomedical, Engineering Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Mohan
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Varghese
mesh_terms: D000056:Accident Prevention; D002056:Burns / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000628:therapy; D017679:Cryotherapy; D006801:Humans; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology